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So the Dolphin developers uncovered several unused and incomplete features of the Wii. Including limiting the amount of time a game is playable for and limiting the amount of times a game can be played. Presumably the idea was you buy the game, have a certain amount of plays, then you pay for it again.
https://emucross.com/dolphin-developer-resurrects-incomplete-wii-ios-feature/
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>>381767546
that is interesting stuff
as far as i remember, there were some wiis in hospitals, using a kiosk mode of sorts
that firmware never surfaced
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are you sure this isn't a parental control sort of thing?
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I'm pretty sure this WAS used, specifically for demos. I know there's some 3ds demos that have limited plays and shit like that.
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>>381767546
I'm pretty sure that was used for Demos from the Shop Channel.
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>>381768290
Full list of uncovered "features". Sounds like based Ninty wanted the Wii to be some kind of Candy Crush machine where you paid for more chances.
Duration - How long a game can be played before it is disabled.
Absolute Time - A game starts (or stops?) working upon a certain date.
Number of Launches - You would only get so many chances to play this game!
Number of Titles - Title stops working... if too many titles are installed?
Elapsed Time - Just a guess, but perhaps how long you've played a title in a single session.
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